jhills
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| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? @tobor007 Anyone, being skeptical of snake oil, bust cream, sea monkeys, and magic outlet covers, yet still has to try them just to be sure, pretty much proves the whole point of this thread.Just a few things I find a bit outrages, maybe even la... | |
| Am I considered to be a materialistic person? Three things, in no particular order, comprise my short list of obsessions: Long rides on my Harley; afternoon, late night, sometimes all night listening sessions of my favorite tunes and taking care of my large yard full of trees. I'm most gratef... | |
| Low Sensitivity Speakers Compression Issue. There is a lot of mis conception and misunderstanding about dynamic range, The reason that many older audio components used loud controls and is now the common practice for recording technicians to compress the dynamics of recordings, is because h... | |
| Speaker of the Century Award Goes To .... Eric makes some very valid points, regarding a speaker design well suited for the combination of affordability, smaller available space for set up and environments with close neighbors.My hands down favorite speaker that I ever had or auditioned, ... | |
| So what's the best system out there? Everything is relative and subjective.... Thank you all for the comments and thoughts, so far.@erik_squires I always appreciate your posts and your share of experience and knowledge.I've built cables, cords and x/overs, but no speakers. After clearing out some other projects, it's my hop... | |
| Power Amp advice In case you haven't come to a decision - I am driving my Maggie 1.7s with a Rogue Cronus, Mag II integrated tube amp, with a decent phono stage and am very pleased. I have auditioned my Maggies with other more expensive tube and SS amps that didn... | |
| Looking for a little help for speakers I may purchase Another thought for a very good, yet affordable, integrated tube amp, that would do very well and sound very nice on the Eggleston Works speakers, you might consider a Rogue, Cronus Mag. II. Is only rated at 100W X 2 but, is much more dynamic and ... | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? The reason I prefer Walnut, particularly Black Walnut, above even Maple, is because of it's consistency. Because it is a very low resin wood, the density and weight from tree to tree, board to board, is very consistent in weight and density, with ... | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? @geoffkait I have Neve used, but would be interested to try ceramic cones. Do you sell them?....Jim | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? While an Anechoic Chamber is a great place to analyze sound and sometimes benificial in some aspects of recording - not such a great environment to listen to a live performance, as is completely dead and sterile.The floor in my listen room is carp... | |
| Component isolation @wolf_garciaNobody talks about the fact that component isolation can lead to component loneliness. Sad.+++ ;-) | |
| Component isolation I spent a good portion of my professional life dealing with the, sometimes catastrophic, effects of vibration in rotating industrial machinery. Aside from out of balance, many of the same problems with many of the same solutions as involved with a... | |
| A Shockingly Straightforward Query +1 tdybare1I wouldn't hesitate at all with the Carvers for your MLsMy 100W x 2 Rogue does a beautiful job at driving my little Maggie 1.7s, at any volume I care to listen. Am considering the Carvers myself if/when moving up to a Sound Lab or large... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? Considering speakers to be very relevant and subjective and the fact that, at this point of life, I will never have, or need, a home, or audio room (14' W x 27' L x 10' H, opening to a 10' W x 14' L, dinning area) larger than the one I now have - ... | |
| Electrostatic pros and cons. My first and most long lasting love in speakers was the Quad ESL 63s. I had and they made a lot of beautiful music for more than 20 years. Not a perfect speaker, but did everything right with the music I listened to - contemporary pop, jazz, Celti... |